Thursday, August 20, 2009

COMMENTS: The Dodgers are coming off a particularly painful series against the Cardinals, where we lost games Monday and Wednesday by the slightest of edges, but it was just enough to make one question the vertebrae of the team down the stretch run. And now we get the Cubs, the team we summarily dispatched in last year's NLDS, but against whom we split when we played four at the friendly confines earlier this year. Oh yeah, and we're starting this four-game series with Weaver, forced into action to replace the injured Hiroki Kuroda, to go against Gorzelanny (who has been decent since the Cubs got him from the Pirates). Sure, I feel wonderful about this series, what with the Rockies and Giants nipping at our heels.

Postseason odds still have us at 98%, second-highest only to the Yankees, and the Rockies' odds at 59% with the Giants at 19% I don't know why I'm worried. But I sure wish the Dodgers could help me put these worries behind us.

C'mon, the Cubbies are the feel good story of baseball. They gave Pedro Martinez a zillion run cushion in his first outing for the Phils to welcome him back. They surely will help put troubled Dodger minds at ease by giving us a nice 4 game sweep.

When the hell to the Gnats and Rox play some real competition? Like each other. The Rox get the Nats to fatten up on, and the Gnats got the Reds. Tough stretch.

It has been a long day I tried to double up on work before I leave early tomorrow to go the games this weekend.

I am tired, my head hurts and the dweeby Attorney across the hall who is a Giants fan can't stop giggling when she notices the worn down look on my face and knows it is because my team is falling like my drunk uncle at his 60th birthday party.

All I ask for is a good seat at my local pub, a whiskey, cold beer back and a Dodger win so I can feel good about purchasing tickets for the next two games. Is that too much to ask?!?

@Paul.Did you not see the comment about the Giants' loss? Rub that in the little waif's face, march down to the local, order a Jamison's neat with a draft backer, and smile quietly to yourself knowing things, at this point, really can't get much worse.

As the post I just put up will tell you, I have affected another Dodger in my short time at the stadium today. I think we should be expecting some big things from Ramirez as well as Kemp tonight. And I'll take all the credit.

Jaysus...Mrs. Dusty had other plans for this evening. Meaning that she didn't plan on me sitting on my ass drinking 14 beers while watching the game and posting masterfully insightful, decisively witty rejoinder on SoSG.

Soooo....off to a nearby MEX restaurant to watch the game and have 14 beers. Will check in later.

My parents just called me to see if I'm certain I'm their child, since they don't know what to do about my affinity for gangsta rap (as mentioned to Matt Kemp, and reported on my blog, earlier in the evening).

I think if it were metal or punk, they'd wonder the same thing. They asked if maybe I was switched at birth or something. They were mostly just being funny (and adorable), but I don't think they'd ever be willing to give, say, Lil' Wayne a chance.

They did tell me that they did not go watch the Kid Cudi video, because I asked them not to, so they are good listeners. It's been stuck in my head for days, Karina.

I'm using "gangsta" loosely, and mostly just as a joke because I hardly look the part. I have no idea what qualifies as the genre; I just know what I like. It's probably all just mainstream rap these days.

Weirdness...if you go to the LA Time website right now, and scroll down on the home page to the "Your Scene, Your Comments" section, they have a picture up that I took and uploaded to the website back in April. It's the one of the bullpen and 3 sisters view from the outfield. I was just reading the site and thought, "Damn, that picture is familiar. Someone is biting my work."

All right, guys. I'm packing up the computer. Not heading to the clubhouse after the game because I'm not making my fiancé wait while I do it, and I'll likely be back here some time this season anyway. Good game from our boys. Let's do the same thing tomorrow. My magic has staying power, so I don't even need to be at the stadium to have an impact. But I will be there on Saturday and Sunday, just to be sure.